R800x Bootloader

This is a discussion on R800x Bootloader within the Xperia Play Development forums, part of the Sony Xperia Play category; Just wanted to give a rundown for anyone that just got this device: despite the fact that SE's website specifically says the unlocking will not ...

R800x Bootloader

Just wanted to give a rundown for anyone that just got this device: despite the fact that SE's website specifically says the unlocking will not work for CDMA devices (yet) you can still get into the bootloader and the phone checks out.

You can reboot into fastboot mode by either using adb (adb reboot bootloader) or by powering off the phone, plugging in a USB cable, and powering the phone on holding the search button. Fastboot on this device is a bit misleading because there will be no strong visual ques that it even worked. The power button light will be blue but there will be nothing on the screen. This means it worked.

After this you can administer commands using the normal fastboot syntax, although I have found that you must specify the usb device interface, so your commands will look like this: fastboot -i 0x0fce *command*

Still working on what things can be done here. Chime in if anyone figures anything else out!

Side note: this is my first non-moto device. Is it normal for a device to not have a recovery partition at all??

adb reboot recovery seems to just make the phone boot normally. I'm having a hard time finding anything related to any of Ericsson's Android devices using a recovery menu though, so it seems like it simply doesn't exist. I figured that was a major part of the software. Weird.

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